Pretty Monsters

“Kelly Link is the literary descendant of Jorge Luis Borges and Franz Kafka.”—Audrey Niffenegger, bestselling author of The Time Traveler’s Wife

“Flat-out genius.”—Holly Black, internationally bestselling author of The Cruel Prince

“Kelly Link is a sorceress to be reckoned with.”—The New York Times Book Review

“Other stories have more overtly magical or intertextual themes; in each, Link’s peppering of her prose with random associations dislocates readers from the ordinary. The author mingles the grotesque and the ethereal to make magic on the page.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

“The humor is dry and the characters are easy to relate to, even in alien (literally and figuratively) settings. Fantasy readers used to long, single tomes may hesitate at the short-story format, but once they see these, they will want more.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“Link defies expectations with such terrific turnarounds that you are left precipitously wondering not only ‘What’s going to happen now?’ but also ‘Wait, what just happened?’ Her conception of fantasy is so unique that when she uses words like ghost or magic, they mean something very different than they do anywhere else.”—Booklist, starred review

“Awkward adolescence, uncomfortable first love, frustrating parents, and complicated friendships surface quietly amid wonderfully knotty, twisted plots and incandescent imagery. This compilation of intricate, transfixing selections succeeds in making the weird wonderful and the grotesque absolutely gorgeous.”—School Library Journal